Spin anisotropy effects in dimer single molecule magnets

Details Spin anisotropy effects in dimer single molecule magnets Spin anisotropy effects in dimer single molecule magnets

2006-01-25

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0601591v1

Phys. Rev. B {\bf 74} (6), 064408 (2006)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

30 pages, 25 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. B

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.74.064408

We present a model of equal spin $s_1$ dimer single molecule magnets. The spins within each dimer interact via the Heisenberg and the most general set of four quadratic anisotropic spin interactions with respective strengths $J$ and $\{J_j\}$, and with the magnetic induction ${\bf B}$. We solve the model exactly for $s_1=1/2, 1, 5/2$, and for antiferromagnetic Heisenberg couplings ($J<0$), present ${\bf M}({\bf B})$ curves at low $T$ for these cases. Low-$T$ $C_V({\bf B})$ curves for $s_1=1/2$ and electron paramagnetic susceptibility $\chi({\bf B},\omega)$ for $s_1=1$ are also provided. For weak anisotropy interactions, we employ a perturbative treatment, and show that the Hartree and extended Hartree approximations lead to reliable analytic results at low $T$ and large $B$ for these quantities and for the inelastic neutron scattering cross-section $S({\bf B}, {\bf q},\omega)$. Our results are discussed with regard to existing ${\bf M}({\bf B})$ experiments on $s_1=5/2$ Fe$_2$ dimer single molecule magnets, and suggest that one of them contains a substantial amount of single-ion anisotropy, without any sizeable global spin anisotropy. We urge further experiments of the above types on single crystals of Fe$_2$ and on some $s_=9/2$ [Mn$_4$]$_2$ dimers, in order to elucidate the precise values of the various microscopic interactions.

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